Setup for FSX

[acro666]

Kungpo, using the recommendations from the FS-X site I get up to 13 fps sometimes, then down to 9 fps, in fact up and down like a yoyo.

By the way what is SP2, that you mentioned in a previous post, and should it help us at all?

regards

acro666

[acro666]

Kungpo, a PS to my last post. I am at the moment downloading a huge file 161mb called SP1a! Although the download said SP2???

regards

acro666

[acrobat]

I'm not sure about Service Pack 2, because I stopped following the game a couple of months ago. But Service Pack 1 seemed to make a reasonable improvement to the frame rates. My frame rate increased, but that just made me want to raise some of the settings, and it then went really sluggish again, so I uninstalled it and haven't played it since

But I'm assuming if there is a Service Pack 2 due, then it would be worth hanging around for, because I'm assuming it will raise the fps again, a bit.

I would be a lot more interested in this game if it wasn't for the dodgy graphics produced by the 8800 bug though It really did look ugly. If it wasn't for that, I would still be playing it probably. But I decided to just go back to LOMAC instead. The world isn't as big, and the graphics aren't quite as modern, but atleast it runs smoothly and I can blow stuff up

[kungpo]

Hi Acro666,

SP2 is on it's way (but'll be a while I'm sure). Accelerate is supposed to have some *enhancements* as well. I'm going to install and see what difference it makes, if any.

i didn't there was an SP1a? The download on Home is still SP1 and is 208MB.

*inspite of all the widely known problems with FSX, I still love it. I saw a huge improvment went I upgraded from P4 3.0 / 6600GT to E4300 / 8800GTS. It's just not as massive as I would have liked, and the improvment from e4300 to q6600 just wasn't really there.

[nobodysgotthis]

I'm looking at putting a (budget) system together capable of running FSX at med-med high settings as relatively low res (anywhere between 1024x768 and 1440x900). I have the following in mind to build the system around:

Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo (1333mhz fsb, 4mb cache)
8800GT graphics (not decided which yet as availability still scarce)
2gb OCZ DDR2 PC8500 SLI ready RAM (2 x 1gb)

I know this setup isn't going to set the world on fire, but...

Is there worthwhile benefit in throwing a second 8800GT into the mix later on? (SLI)
Can anyone suggest a capable motherboard for hosting this lot, with SATA-II, RAID, SLI support (not essential) and 1333mhz FSB support that doesn't cost a fortune
Would I be better advised to go for an AMD 64 processor based setup at a similar price point?
Is SLI ready RAM worthwhile?
Would I be better off with Vista (Ultimate) or XP Pro - and 32bit or 64bit versions thereof?
Why am I even bothering as FSX will not perform well on any current hardware?

TIA, Paul

[kungpo]

SLi - no
Intel - yes - Q6600 as future services packs will definitely utilise this better.
Ram - 4Gbs DDR2 while it's cheap
Vista or XP - little difference in performance as far as FSX is concerned. I'd go Vista x64.

[acro666]

Hello Everyone

I have installed the SP1a update and it has made a difference. Sometimes the fps will go up to 25, but then again down to 10, there is no consistency about it. I am not even certain that if one had the most powerful machinery in the world, the fps would be stable.

However the flt.sim does seem to run much smoother, and I was quite surprised really. Even batting around using the Red Bull tubes it seems much better.

regards

acro666

[acro666]

Sorry about this, another PS. I cannot get TrackerIR to hackle now that I have installed SP1a??

regards

acro666